of federal land management agencies and two were prison inmates. The largest share of deaths occurred while firefighters were operating on the fire ground (21 deaths). This is the lowest number of fire ground deaths since this study began.

The firefighter fatality study is made possible by the cooperation and assistance of the U. S. fire service, the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program of the Department of Justice, CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the U. S. Fire Administration, the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Land Management.